kenya mountain von dutton e a t (7 Ergebnisse)

Buckram. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First published in 1929, this is the new edition, published in 1930.Blue buckram, with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Good, although the covers are faded and sunned, particularly to the spine and cover edges. Some "bubbling" to cloth around the spine, not from damp but difficult to determine the cause.Light foxing to endpapers. Front endpaper bears the name G.Huxley (Gervas Huxley, husband of the writer on Africa, Elspeth Huxley), and the date 1933. Binding sound, text clean. 218pp. 55 illustrations, plus frontispiece. 3 sketch maps plus a folding general map of Mount Kenya to rear of book. This was the first book to be written devoted to Mount Kenya which had been clibmbed around the time of publication by P.Wyn Harris, Mr E E Shipton and Mr G A Sommerfelt.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Plates; Large Folding Map (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xv, 219 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Inscribed To "Young Thing" Silvia James, Sister Of The Poet, Artist And Patron Of The Surrealists, And Son Of Edward Vii, Edward James: " Dear Silvia, Since You Chose The Illustrations And The Binding, And Passed The Printing And The Paper, (And Everyone Says Those Are The Successes) All That Remains For Me To Do Is To Beg You To Be Lenient With The Rest Of The Book. Yours Ever, Eric Dutton 1929". Also With The Publisher's Inquiry Card Laid In Loosely. Book With Light Wear, But Repaired Chipping To Area At Upper Top Edge Of Spine And Front Upper Tip. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. New Edition. VG/VG-. 4to. original blue cloth gilt, uncut, (a little sunned & marked, slight leaf edge toning, prev. owner's name and date (R. Guy Buxton Nairobi 1944)) in dustwrapper priced 21s. net (rubbed & toned, some marks, fraying and chipping to edges, some restoration); pp. xvi, 220 (last colophon), with a frontispiece, 55 plates, 3 sketch maps & a colour folding map. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy in the torn, but uncommon dustwrapper. [Neate D61].

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). The second edition of Dutton's account of his ascent of Mount Kenya in 1926, signed by the author and illustrated throughout. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of E.A.T. Dutton's account of his trip up Mount Kenya in 1926, first published in 1929. With the inscription: 'To Captain Gilchrist, in return for many kindnesses, from E. A. T. Dutton, October 1930' to the front pastedown.Illustrated with fifty-six collotype photographic plates, three sketch maps, and with a folding colour map to the rear detailing Mount Kenya topography and Dutton and Melhuish's route in 1926. Collated, complete.This fascinating work details the unsuccessful attempt of the two men to climb the second highest peak in Africa, and is notable for detailing the geography, flora and fauna, and early climbing history of the mountain, which had first been successfully summited by Halford Mackinder in 1899. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip and perimeters of front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Author's inscription to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. signed by author. book.

London 1930. Illus; maps, 10.5x7", cloth, 219+pp, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, covers discolored.

new Edn. xvi 219 pages, large 8vo., frontis + 55 maps, 3 sketch maps and large folding map, presentation inscription to FEP, publisher's cloth, gilt title to upper cover, spine evenly faded. A detailed account of the mountain, its scenery and fauna also climbing experiences. This edition has been corrected and enlarged from the 1st Edn 1929.